Dr. Brenda Ralston and her team have been getting to the root of the problem to see what is actually causing itching in cattle.
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Blaming parasites for itchy cattle only scratches surface, study finds
Researchers looked at everything from lice to nutrient deficiencies as they examined hair loss and itchiness in cattle
Itchy cattle? It may not be lice
Everything from nutritional deficiencies to mites can trigger scratching in cattle
A spike in complaints about its product’s ineffectiveness against itchy cattle drove Solvet, a Canadian veterinary pharmaceutical firm, to investigate the potential causes and to look for relief. “This has become a bigger problem than it used to be,” says Dr. Denis Nagel, a consulting veterinarian with the company, as well as with Alberta Veterinary […] Read more
Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field
